2023-04-22 16:24:00
Former Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil, who is currently staying in France, is having a Q&A with Korean correspondents in front of the Paris Business School on the 19th (local time). yunhap news
On the 22nd, former CEO Song Young-gil, a key party in the Democratic Party’s’2021 National Convention Money Envelope Case’, announced his withdrawal from the party. Former CEO Song announced that he would return to Korea early on the 24th and respond to the prosecution’s investigation.
Former CEO Song held a press conference in Paris, France on the 22nd (local time) and said, “I will take all my political responsibility and leave the Democratic Party as of today.” said.
Song said, “When I was the party leader, I advised 12 controversial lawmakers to withdraw from the party in order to change the minds of the people who were turned away by the real estate issue.” “The same principle should be applied to me.”
Song said, “I will solve all the problems and make sure I can return to the Democratic Party.”
CEO Song is scheduled to depart from Paris at 8:00 pm on the 23rd (local time) and arrive at Incheon International Airport at 3:00 pm on the 24th. Having been invited as a visiting professor at a university in France, he brought forward his stay, which was supposed to be until July, and returned home.
Former Chairman Song said, “I bear all responsibility for this situation.”
However, when asked by some members of the party to declare his retirement from politics, former CEO Song virtually refused, saying, “I will only tell you that the reason I do politics is for national reconciliation and peaceful unification, just as I did during the student movement.”
Former CEO Song repeatedly explained that he had no idea about the money envelope suspicion. He said, “It was a time when I was frantically running around every 30 minutes, such as a national lecture tour and TV debate after registering as a candidate on April 18, 2021,” he said.
When asked about the news of the dismissal of the arrest warrant for Kang Rae-gu, a former standing audit committee member of Korea Water Resources Corporation, a key figure in the allegations of money transfer, former CEO Song said, “As Auditor Kang Rae-gu gave up running during the last general election and became an auditor of Water Resources Corporation, I am It was not the status and position to attend the camp during the party convention,” he said.
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